See Also: modificand(dictionary)
travesty(medicine)
travesty(1)(dictionary)
travesty(2)(dictionary)
travesty(dictionary)

travesty(2) (iou) and modificand (iou)


travesty(2) (iou)



travesty verb trans. L17.
[Orig. pa. pple, from French travesti: see TRAVESTY adjective & noun.]
Alter in dress or appearance; disguise by such alteration. L17.
Make a travesty of; imitate or misrepresent ludicrously or grotesquely. L17.
J. Moynahan 'None of That' travesties Mabel Dodge's lust for willed experience. E. David Altering, travestying and degrading the dish itself.
travestier noun L19.

modificand (iou)



modificand noun. rare. M19.
[Latin modificandus, from modificare: see MODIFY, -AND.]
Chiefly Grammar. A word etc. that is (to be) modified.